Google wants 100% renewable energy

Google continues its strategy of having, in the medium term, 100% of their electricity supplied by renewable sources. The last chapter in this epic was a recent agreement with the Swedish Eolus Vind wind company, which will provide power for 29 turbines located in southern Sweden, a total of 59 megawatts over the next 10 years.

The farms are located in different locations, to decrease the risk of breaks in electricity supply, and will be activated in 2015.

At the end of last year, says Business Week, Google announced an investment of €55 million (US $ 180 million) in a wind farm of 182 megawatts in Texas, the United States, which should start at the end of the year. All the power generated here will be used by the information technology giant.

"We are always looking for ways to increase the amount of renewable energy we use," explained the director-general of the Google infrastructure, François Sterin, which in recent years has spent much of his time researching the subject of renewable.

Google has already spent more than €730 million (US $ 2.4 billion) in investments in wind and solar energy, a total of 2 gigawatts generated â€" enough to electrify 500 thousand American homes for a year.

In August, 33% of the energy used by Google came from renewable sources, but the American giant does not yet have a date for the end of this sustainable project.

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